I have way over 500 followers either through email, Bloglovin, or other ways that you might follow, so it’s time to start the party! I’ll be giving away at least 10 cute little handmade business card holders to folks that comment between now and the end of September.

Please tell me “how you follow this blog” and you will be eligible. Also, if you would like to email me a post link of a party dress that you have made. I’ll start a list, so that we can all blog hop to your party dress post and see what each other has to share!

My Dress:
I wore this vintage inspired party dress to my daughter’s bridal shower. It’s made from silk chiffon and poly charmeuse. It turned out rather splendidly, if I do say SEW myself! I made a muslin to check the bodice, then made slight alterations to Butterick pattern 6049. Then I did a “slow sew” because I was working with slippery fabric and wanted it to turn out nicely. I used my regular sewing machine and the serger in tandem to neatly finish and hem all seams. I let it hang overnight so that the bottom of the dress would relax into it’s final shape, which was quite a sight to see! Then I trimmed and hemmed it by measuring the charmeuse from the floor up, then tackled the chiffon.

Very pretty dress! The difficult fabrics are always the best in the end – so lovely. I follow you through wordpress, but I’m on IG and Twitter and Bloglovin… so I’m all over the place! Maybe I have seen you there too! I would love to send you a photo of a party dress I have made, but I haven’t posted any of them. Matter of fact, my party dress sewing was all before I had kids (seriously!) and I have only been blogging for almost two years now and in all that time I have not made a party dress for myself! Congratulations!

Hello! What a beautiful party dress! I am just getting back to my sewing machine, and still sewing basics. (But I may have a party-ish skirt coming up.) I follow you through WordPress. Also on IG and Twitter, although I use them very, very little.

Hi Barbara,
This may be my favorite so far, but then I say that every time I open your emails! I love to read your emails at school during lunchtime to add a little sewing fun to my busy day!
Elizabeth

I follow you on WordPress and love to see what you make! I’m only a novice seamstress but I slightly altered a vintage estate sale find dress to make it wearable, I’ll email you the before and after : )